Why humanity is essential to the future of artificial intelligence

TRANSCRIPT JUDY WOODRUFF: Now another new addition to the NewsHour Bookshelf. Tonight’s focus is the brave new world of artificial intelligence. Jeffrey Brown has that. JEFFREY BROWN: Is it man against or with machine? Do machines, robots help us, replace us, hurt us? Robots are being built and seeping into more and more of our lives, but how much are their value and impact understood and accounted for? Such questions are part of a new book that looks at the last decades and the advance of artificial intelligence and robotics. It’s titled “Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots.” Author John Markoff is a longtime science and technology reporter for The New York Times. And welcome to you. JOHN MARKOFF, Author, “Machines of Loving…